So let s start off with who has access to this opinion. it is a very small pool of suspects. the court itself is a small institution. it s a big building but small institution. in terms of who has access to opinions, you ve really got the nine justices and i do not believe any justice did that. i think it would be unimaginable for a justice to do this and then you ve got 36 law clerks. each justice has 4 law clerks. you might have a secretary or a clerical assistance is, but realistically it s not somebody like that because the leaker also knew confidential information about how the justices voted at conference. that is held incredibly close hold within the supreme court. when i was a law clerk for chief justice rehnquist, the rules were the same as they are now which is you do not take opinion drafts out of the building. all of the work is done in the building. that means midnight, 1:00, the law clerks will are all there
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